Biography

03/11/1811 - 02/09/1875

Union Army Chaplain Henry Spencer Spackman (Whig1) Philadelphia City 1839-1844 

Early Life:

Union Army Chaplain Henry Spencer Spackman, born March 11, 1811, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; son of Samuel and Ann Bellerby Spackman; University of Pennsylvania Law Academy, 1831; admitted, Philadelphia bar, 1832; elected, National Republicans, Democrat, Whig, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1834-1838; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1839-1844; retired, politics; studied for the Protestant Episcopal divinity; ordained, Deacon of Saint Philip’s, 1846; rector, Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, Frankford, 1847-1853; assistant priest, Saint Matthew's Church, Francisville, Philadelphia 1853-1855; first rector, Saint Clément’s Church, Philadelphia, 1856-1862; Civil War, Union Army Chaplain of Volunteers, Philadelphia, 1862-1865; first priest, Holy Trinity Episcopal, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1866-1868; Chaplain, Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia 1868-1875; married, Anna Cornelia Elliot, children, Julia K. Spackman, Lieutenant Colonel Henry S. Spackman; died, February 9, 1875 (aged 64), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint James the Less Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Authored:

The Timepiece of Shadows: A History of The Sun Dial, Spackman, Henry Spencer

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, National Republicans, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Philadelphia City, 1834-1835, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Philadelphia City, 1835-1836, Whig, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Philadelphia City, 1836-1839. 

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1st district, Philadelphia City, 1839-1844; retired, politics. 

Career:

Following politics, studied for the Protestant Episcopal divinity; ordained Deacon of Saint Philip’s, 1846; rector, Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, Frankford, 1847-1853; assistant priest, Saint Matthew's Church, Francisville, Philadelphia 1853-1855; first rector, Saint Clément’s Church, Philadelphia, 1856-1862; first priest, Holy Trinity Episcopal, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1866-1868; Chaplain, Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia 1868-1875.

Civil War, Union Army Chaplain of Volunteers, Chestnut Hill United States Army Hospital, Philadelphia. He was mustered in on November 15, 1862, mustered out, October 23, 1865.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Portrait and Bio: The Reverend J. Wesley Twelves, D.D., A History of the Diocese of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Diocese of Pennsylvania, 1969), page 174; also: Saint Clements Home Page; also: Minutes of the Holy Trinity Vestry, September 21, 1868, Courtesy, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Rev Henry Spencer Spackman (1811-1875) - Find a Grave Memorial